By 2005, the band had sold 12 million albums. The band’s third studio album, Seventeen Days , was released on February 8, 2005, and debuted at number 1 on the Billboard 200 and has been certified platinum. It contains five singles, ” Let Me Go “, ” Behind Those Eyes…
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In 2005 John Butler and co-founder Danielle Caruana (his wife) inaugurated the JB Seed grant program. “The Seed aims to help Australian artists from any background, creating art and music across any genre, to establish themselves as self-sustained, professional artists.” Caruana also plays independent music, she plays under the name…
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Following their first tour supporting the Thrills , the Kooks recorded their debut album, Inside In/Inside Out , at Konk studios in London in 2005. Though media attention was dominated by the release of the Arctic Monkeys debut album Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not on the…
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In 2005, the first Eraserheads tribute album Ultraelectromagneticjam!: The Music of the Eraserheads was released. “I don’t have a problem with that,” Buendia reacted to the release. “I just feel it’s not yet the right time to do such tribute because I’m still doing something worthwhile.” He appears in the…
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Virgin/EMI then closed down Hut Recordings ; the band asked to be released from their contract and Virgin agreed. In 2005, Gomez signed a deal with Dave Matthews’ ATO Records .
In 2005 the band released B-Sides & Rarities , a three-volume, 56-song collection of B-sides , rarities and compilation tracks that was released on Mute Records in Europe, the US and the UK.
The group was formed in Boston suburb Andover, Massachusetts in the final months of 2005, when vocalist Martin Johnson, formerly of the Boston act Fake ID/The Drive, wrote several songs he wanted to record. He recruited bassist Bryan Donahue and drummer John Keefe, whom the latter was in the band…
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The history of One Ok Rock began on July 29, 2005, when Toru Yamashita , a high school student, wanted to start a band. He invited his childhood friend Ryota Kohama , who was also a member of the hip-hop dance group HEADS they were both in years prior. He…
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In 2005, she released her third album Blink the Brightest through the more pop-oriented Zoe label of Rounder. It was recorded in L.A. , where she has lived part-time since 2003. She co-produced the bulk of the album with Greg Collins ( U2 , No Doubt , Matchbox Twenty );…
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In late 2005, drummer Hummel filed a federal lawsuit against Breaking Benjamin. According to the lawsuit, Hummel requested earlier that year to take a paternity leave to be with his wife during the birth of their first child, to which all members of the band agreed and hired Kevin Soffera…
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